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As far as Ulm/Uln goes I do not have any in my direct line. I don't recall mentioning it, but will keep an eye out for it in future. Strictly speaking we do not have Truax/Trax/Trux in our direct line either. Through stories and pictures from our Coppock line we knew Truax as cousins. However, we only have De Trieux as a name in our direct tree - from 1600s New Amsterdam - before it became New York.

All these lines came together with the 1883 marriage of Almon Marshall and Mary Coppock in our tree. Maybe the violin thing is a stereotype, but my mother is a violinist and plays a violin gifted to her by her great-uncle Henry Marshall, who would be 10x g-grandson to Phillipe De Trieux who died 1653 in New Amsterdam. Wouldn't be suprised to find a link to Uln/Denne/Wells somewhere on that line.

Thanks again Marc and such an interesting place to work! Im glad you are involving your daughter/s and getting more into it in that way!
As far as the names, I do have a Philippe Antoni Trieux

September powwow

We made it to our September powwow here in southern Kansas and had just a few pictures to share since I had posted the regalia I had worked on for it ! My youngest daughter in her purple regalia, my youngest and I in the next picture (was dressing her in her fancy shawl), my middle daughter in the last 2 photos in her yellow water bird dress and crown. It was a good powwow, but tiring. Got to see some old friends we haven't seen for a few years. The next one is in November and we are already making more things to get ready for that one !
~suthainn

How was your new regalia received? Were there any comments or people who wanted to hear about your eastern roots?

Dreaminghawk,
I had people I have known for years, who never really spoke to me, open up and ask me about the regalia and the Saponi. I had a great pride and I think they saw it. My Kiowa friends, whom I hadn't seen for a few years, saw a change and told me they loved the regalia. I felt happy and whole and unafraid of what anyone would say or think and I experienced nothing negative.
You and many others here have been patient with my questions and words of being wary, unsure and jaded feelings of how I have been treated before.
Things have changed for me, its all in a new light and I think many around me and my family can see it. I felt respected. I will continue to fill my head with knowledge and my life with learning to create and collect everything about the Saponi I can. I have begun to make regalia for the grandchildren and pass on what little I do know so they can carry it on.
Thank you for being my friend and giving me little nudges now and again, reminders to be happy within myself.
~suthainn

Necklace

This is a small necklace my wife and I made for our daughter. I drilled the shell and added the color, my wife strung the necklace. I'm not sure if it is totally traditional by Eastern Siouan standards. I think my wife and I are strongly influenced by the years we spent in New Mexico.

I wanted to share my newest/not new skirt, regalia. Nearly finished....
With help from my Haliwa-Saponi cousins and now knowing I am most likely (unproven yet) Tuscarora as well, I have been working on my newest regalia.
I so love the buckskin skirt I have and wanted to incorporate it. Keeping with the use of traditional Saponi colors and adding the use of the "Tiara" the Haliwa's and Tuscarora's use, instead of all cloth, I made it all Buckskin except the shirt and woven belt/sash.
Also using paint as well as beading for decoration and washers, spots, ribbons, etc.
I can not wait to wear it!

Nice regalia

That looks very well done! It has all the medicine wheel colors in a subtle, natural way.

Thanks for the compliment on the necklace! I've been looking for some original art to use here on Saponi Town to jazz up the pages a bit. So I took the center part of the necklace and turned it into an icon.
Now on main forum page it has this icon instead of